We Are Not So Different, You And I...

The classic interview trap: "Can you work under pressure?" Sure, you say with a smile, blissfully unaware of the apocalyptic codebase awaiting you. Fast-forward three months and you're a shell of your former self, surviving on caffeine and Stack Overflow prayers, debugging legacy code written by someone who clearly hated humanity. The transformation from optimistic candidate to battle-scarred veteran is complete. Your IDE has seen things no debugger should ever witness.

Oh look, it's the final boss of Stack Overflow! This guy's "somewhat confident" after a CS degree and 16 years of experience is like saying the Titanic was "somewhat damp." The retro setup with vintage computers and that hacker aesthetic screams "I was writing code when your IDE was still a twinkle in Microsoft's eye." He's holding that ancient computer like it's a sacred text while silently judging your for-loop efficiency. This is the guy who closes your question as "duplicate" before you finish typing it. His confidence level? Just enough to tell you your perfectly working code is "technically wrong."

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The evolution of getting help as a developer! First we had Reddit calling our questions "stupid," then Stack Overflow dismissing everything as "off-topic," and now ChatGPT responding with "that's a very good question" to even the most ridiculous requests like "how to prevent screenshots of my website." Finally, a digital assistant that doesn't make us feel like complete idiots for not knowing something! It's the therapy we never knew we needed after years of Stack Overflow PTSD. Breaking generational trauma one suspiciously positive response at a time.

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